Simple distance estimates for Gaia DR2 stars with radial velocities

2018/06/01 by Paul J. McMillan, McMillan, Paul J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph.GA

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1806.00426

RNAAS, accepted. Table of distances archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1268353, code archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1270547

arxiv created 2018/06/07 · arxiv updated 2018/06/08

Abstract

We present Bayesian distance estimates for stars with radial velocities and parallaxes published in Gaia DR2. Our method and prior is designed to apply to this specific subset of stars in Gaia DR2.

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